| Improving the organisation of your clinical trial processes through CTMS and EDC integration can bring considerable cost and time savings, Marcus Thornton at Clinical Force investigates
Imagine if you could complete business processes in a quarter of the time with the same staff? What impact would that have on your customers, your staff and your business performance? The pursuit of improved business performance in clinical trial management is at the heart of what we will outline in this article.
clinical staff are under pressure to pay investigators quickly and accurately in order to maintain investigator motivation and goodwill, in the interest of completing clinical trials quickly and effectively. Staff costs and throughput times are clear drivers.
From the sponsor’s point of view, the clinical trial process should run as smoothly, effectively and quickly as possible. Efficient clinical research organisations mean lower costs. Motivated investigators means improved results and consistent performance.
This article contends that integration of clinical systems drives efficiencies and improves relationships. The gains to an organisation can directly affect the bottom line in addition to intangibles, such as improved working environments and improved relationships with investigator sites.
The roles played by CTMS and EDC are fundamentally different and both systems have separate processes and benefits. This article looks at the everyday process of paying investigators. How is that done today, how could this be improved and what processes and information technology can facilitate the improvement? |
